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December 28th
The Columbus Falcons could have thrown in the towel when they lost the lead to the Midfield, Ala. Patriots Friday afternoon.
That didn't happen.
After holding the advantage for most of the game at the Humphrey Coliseum on the Mississippi State campus, Columbus trailed 32-30 with 4 minutes left in the game.
DEKALB – Starkville High’s Lady Yellowjackets spent part of their holiday break competing in the Kemper County Christmas Tournament Friday night.
In their only game of the event, the Lady Jackets fell to the Jaguars of Sumter Central in Ala., 55-48.
“They were a scrappy team that played hard and battled us the whole game,” Starkville girls coach Kristie Williams said.
SENATOBIA – While participating in the Magnolia Heights Tournament, the Starkville Academy Volunteers knocked off Class 5A public school Hernando 44-42.
“(It was a) big win for us and for our confidence,” Starkville Academy boys coach Mark Alexander said. “We had a slow start, but picked it up during the second half.”
December 27th
When many people look at the Mississippi State secondary, they see Johnthan Banks.
The senior has stood out in the secondary and he was awarded the Jim Thorpe Award for the nation's best defensive back.
There is another senior cornerback for the Bulldogs who has more interceptions than Banks for the Bulldogs this season.
The Starkville Yellowjackets got an chance to wipe a poor first-day performance of the Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at the Hump out of their minds with another opportunity on the home court of the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
The Midfield, Ala., Patriots had several options on the basketball court and any of those did a pretty good job of producing.
Aaron Gaines led five players to score in double figures with 18 points and the Patriots defeated the New Hope Trojans Thursday afternoon at the Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at the Hump Christmas Tournament.
SENATOBIA – The Starkville Academy Volunteers started and finished strong in defeating North Delta Academy 55-35 at the Magnolia Heights Tournament on Thursday.
Starkville Academy, which ended a two-game losing streak and improved its record to 6-8, established a 12-3 lead after the first quarter.
December 26th
The Starkville High Yellowjackets were hoping the post-Christmas part of their schedule would bring a more successful result.
On Wednesday, the team tipped off in its first game of the Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk Christmas Tournament against the Patriots of Midfield, Ala.
It wasn't a good day for the Mississippi high school boys basketball teams at the Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at the Hump Christmas Tournament.
Not only was host Starkville defeated by Midfield, Ala., in the final game of the day, but New Hope lost a 51-40 decision to Lanett, Ala., in the first game of the day and Aberdeen fell 72-61 to Hamilton, Tenn.
December 24th
Football players like Gabe Myles don't come along very often.
Starkville High School coach Jamie Mitchell was able to put the talents that Myles possessed to good use the last two years.
